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K6 Telephone Kiosk, Dalmeny Village

A Category B Listed Building in Almond, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9818 / 55°58'54"N

Longitude: -3.3742 / 3°22'27"W

OS Eastings: 314350

OS Northings: 677385

OS Grid: NT143773

Mapcode National: GBR 21.W3X6

Mapcode Global: WH6SB.4XH5

Plus Code: 9C7RXJJG+P8

Entry Name: K6 Telephone Kiosk, Dalmeny Village

Listing Name: Dalmeny Village, K6 Telephone Kiosk

Listing Date: 5 March 1991

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 338287

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB6629

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Dalmeny Village, K6 Telephone Kiosk

ID on this website: 200338287

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: Almond

Traditional County: West Lothian

Tagged with: Telephone booth

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Description

Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, 1935. Standard K6 telephone kiosk.

Statement of Interest

B Group with Dalmeny Kirk, 1-3 (inclusive) Easter Dalmeny Cottages, Gospatric House, 1-6 and 9-15 (inclusive) Dalmeny Village Main Street, Dalmeny Village War Memorial, 1-4 (inclusive) Wester Dalmeny Farm Cottages, Wester Dalmeny Farmhouse and Wester Dalmeny Steading (see separate listings).

The K6 design is also known as the Jubilee Kiosk, commemorating the Silver Jubilee year of George V, during which the GPO set up a committee to re-design the telephone kiosk for mass production, with a Jubilee Concession Scheme providing one kiosk for each village with a Post Office. Scott was asked to design the new kiosk in March 1935, and after approval by the Royal Fine Art Commission, the K6 went into production in 1936. The same commission had, in 1924, decided on the colour red for the kiosk, being "easy to spot and giving an authoritative and official character" (Stamp, pp15-16).

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